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P. B. LEE.

GLOVE.

No. 479,285. Patented July 19, 1892.

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Patented July 19. 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PRESTON B. LEE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 479,285, dated July 19,1892. Application tiled July 14, 1891. Serial No. 399,507. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, PRESTON B. LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a glove having bridgepieces connected at their oppositeedges to the lower ends of adjacent finger-stalls, as fully set forthhereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a back view of a glove embodying my improvement. Fig. 3 is adetached view showing a piece from which a linger-stall is made. Figs. 4and 5 are palm and back views showinga construction in which thebridge-pieces are parts of the palm-section.

The palm A and the back B may be cut to any suitable shape and formedeach in one piece or in sections, and the fingers C may be formed eachof a single piece u, of the shape shown in Fig. 3, connected with thebody portion, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or one section l of eachiinger-that is, the back section-may form part of the back piece orpieces, the remaining section 2 of each finger beinga separate piece.Whatever may be the construction of these parts, those parts which formthe lower ends of the 1ingers,instead or" being connected the end of oneinger with the end of the adjacent finger to form a V shape or sharpnotch, are connected with an intermediate bridge-piece D7 whichbridge-piece may be a part of the palm-piece or a part of one of thepieces to constitute the back extending from the palm to the back andserving as a bridge or connection between each pair of fingers. Thus, asshown in Figs. l and 2,each bridge-piece D is scwed along the line ateach side to the edge of one of the finger-stalls and along the line yto the back B and along the liney to the palm A, thereby connecting theadjacent finger-stalls at their lower ends -and permitting the same tobe readily distended, as is desirable in that class of gloves used forhandling reins or by workingmen in operating tools of any kind. It willbe seen Fig. 2 is a palm view..

that the lines w are practically parallel to each other, so as to form avery strong connection across the notch, and when there are any strainstending to pull the ingers apart, as shown in Fig. 4, there will be lesstendency to rip than when the vertical seams converge to a suitablepoint between the fingers, as in ordinary gloves, and that by thus usingthe bridge-pieces D, I am enabled to avoid the use of overlying piecesabove the ordinary seams at the notches, thus dispensing with thenecessity of sewing suchV seams and avoiding the clumsy constructionresulting in such cases.

The bridge pieces or sections D therefore constitute', practically, apart of the glovebody, so that there is but one thickness of material atthe notch. The bridge-pieces D may be separate pieces, as shown in Figs.l and 2, or they each may be formed by a lap or extension of the palm A,as shown in Figs. 4 and The thumb-stall E may be formed and connectedwith the bodyin any suitable manner.

Vithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claiml. A glove having its adjacent linger-stallsseparated at the base and the openings thus formed closed byvbridge-pieces completely s'panning the opening from front to rear andstitched at their side edges to the lower edges .of the adjacent sidesof the inger-stalls,sub

stantially as described.

2. A glove having the adjacent finger-stalls separated at the base andthe openings so formed closed by bridge-pieces D, each formed by anextension of the palm extending from front to back between two of thefinger-stalls and each stitched at its side edges to the lower edges ofthe adjacent sides of the linger-stalls, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PRESTON B. LEE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS FISHER KANE, J. F. LAMOEELLE.

